I was called one night to see a woman
threatened with premature labor at about four and a half months. The pains
came on at regular intervals and she soon gave birth to a dead foetus. I
tried to deliver the placenta, but could not. I gave her to understand
that she would probably have a severe haemorrhage when the after birth
came away. I called every day to see her and she was feeling very
comfortable, no pain or bad feeling any where.

About 12 P.M. one dark night I was sent
for as the patient was flooding badly. I found a very profuse haemorrhage;
labor-like pains had come on and they called for belladonna. I gave her a
dose of the cm. I then could detect the placenta for the first time, but
it was too high up to reach. The Belladonna seemed to bring on the pains
more vigorously, and with every pain there was severe flooding of bright
red blood that had a hot feeling (Lac. c.); she said, "I am flooding
to death." Now nausea and vomiting with red blood, the symptoms had
changed to those of Ipec. I gave her a dose of cm (H. S.) and the
haemorrhage continued for several minutes when she exclaimed.
"Something has passed me," and I found an after birth about as
large as the pain of my hand.

The haemorrhage up to now had been
frightful. She said, "Doctor, am I dying?" I said, "No;
only fainting." Her face was as pale and white as a sheet of paper;
she had ringing in the cars, imperceptible pulse. I pulled the pillow from
under her head to let the blood flow to the brain, and gave her a dose of
Cinchona, Sm. We used hot applications to the cold extremities and heart.
She thought she was dying, and had reasons to think

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This case shows how rapidly the
symptoms may change from one remedy to another in the course of half an
hour.

CASE II. A STRANGE CASE: SECALE.

Mrs. E., primipara, a small, delicate
woman, was taken with labor. When I arrived the room was cold, no fire in
the stove, and she did not desire any; her hands, feet and limbs were
cold; her vagina was cold. Her temperature was 96, and yet she did not
want hut very little cover on her. I gave a dose of Secale cm. (H. S.),
and in a half hour her temperature came up and she permitted me to have a
fire made, and allowed her feet to be put in hot water for an hour or two,
and labor progressed normally.

CASE III. SPONTANEOUS EVOLUTION:
PULSATILLA 200TH.

In my early practice I met with a
primipara, who had the windows and doors opened, desiring fresh air; was
tearfully disposed. After the second stage of labor set in I found the
right shoulder presenting. I could detect the axilla and the intercostal
spaces. i sent for an allopath who had retired from practice, who
volunteered his services in such cases, Meantime, I gave Pulsatilla 200.
He had a small hand. I had tried to pass the vulva, but could not. A
messenger was sent for him. I waited not more than twenty minutes before
the messenger had time to return, and was sitting in a chair, telling her
to keep back the pains all she could. One of the women said, "Doctor,
something is hanging there." I looked, and to my surprise, I found
the child born all but the head. The allopath did not put in an
appearance; I did not need him. Did Pulsatilla have anything to do with
it? M. Dubois has seen two such cases.

We have, in fact, a first period of
flexion of the trunk, of the foetus towards the side opposite to that
which presents, a second one of descent, interrupted by the third movement
or stage of rotation; fourth, a period of deflexion or disengagement, and
according to the observation of M. Dubois, for the dorsal position we may
add a fifth movement or period of exterior rotation.

Such is the account given by M.
Cazeaux. Of course no one at the present day would think of allowing any
of these unusual presentations to continue for the sake of observing a
possible spontaneous evolution. Speedy interposing should be instituted
for the purpose of saving both mother and child. -GUERNSEY.

CASE IV. SUBINVOLUTION.

This lady came from an adjoining city
on the recommendation of two allopathic physicians; they thought that
probably a change of air would do her good. She had taken morphine for a
long time and was almost addicted to it.

I found her restless and she thought it
was caused by the morphine; she could not sleep at night. Her symptoms
were those of Rhus, and she got it in the cm. and she rested well that
night. She evidently had had an abortion with pelvic cellulitis, the pus
discharging into the rectum. She had a great deal of pelvic distress with
bearing down feeling, she could not be on her feet or walk without
bringing on this bad feeling. She was constipated and the stools were
ribbon shaped, with a continual desire to evacuate the bowels. This led me
to believe that she had retroversion; so I made an examination and found
the uterus retroflexed and lying on the floor of the pelvis; the index
finger came in contact with the fundus on passing the sphincter muscle.

I used one of Guernsey's uterine
repositors in the rectum with the patient in the geno-pectoral position. I
had to persist in breaking up the adhesions. For a day or two I put in a
tampon of cotton to put the tissues on the stretch; by this treatment and
the use of the repositor, I soon had the uterus in position.

But now, what should I do to keep it
there? Must I use the abominable pessary, something I have never used in
my life, nor have I ever found it necessary in one single instance to make
use of "ox yokes" in any case of prolapsus; it matters not how
large or heavy the uterus may be it is never necessary to resort to such
contrivances.

Pray tell me how to find the similimum
with this cursed torture in a woman's vagina. I always have them removed
to let the symptoms develop, for how can we tell what the symptoms are
when the uterus is propped up suppressing the symptoms. You may think I am
not a gynecologist, but I have cases come to me from different parts of
the States to be cured of uterine troubles, and I have never found the law
of cure wanting or had to use anything else than the indicated remedy.

One case took me five months and
another seven. They were cases that could not be cured by the doctors that
had attended them, but I had to use the remedies to meet each condition as
it came up, and I kept on that way till they were completely cured. This
lady had menstruated continually, for two months, and the uterus was
greatly enlarged. She was always holding up her abdomen or pressing her
hands against the vulva. This pressing down feeling was so great that her
husband had to hold his hands and press up for her in bed at night. She
was cured with Lilium tig. cm. (H.S.).

CASE V. SUBINVOLUTION.

The subject was a mother of four
children, and one miscarriage, at about four mouths, from which she never
regained her former health. Her husband said that he wanted me to make on
examination, which I did, and found the following conditions: The vaginal
speculum shows the os swollen, dark red and very sensitive; the sound
indicates the uterus enlarged, retroverted and flexed in about the second
degree. My diagnosis was confirmed by digital examination of the rectum. I
used Guernsey's repositor in the retain with the patient in the knee and
elbow position, but the uterus was so tender and sore she could not stand
the operation. I told her I would wait a few days and see what I could do
with the indicated remedy. The totality of the symptoms was as follows:
She had a weakness ever since the mishap; she knew that there was
something wrong there. Coition was very painful, and had been for several
months.

She was taken in church one Sunday with
a faint feeling, and when she started to come home by walking, she felt a
bearing down so severe that she had to take hold of her abdomen with both
hands and hold herself up; and she got relief from pressure upon the
vulva; and lying down with a large old-fashioned Bible under hips. I gave
her a dose of Lilium cm. (H.S.).

I wish to remark here that I never had
to restore that uterus. She improved rapidly and all of those distressing
symptoms left. I did not trouble her any more. Lilium a few doses at
proper intervals cured her. The patient is a living witness to the fact.